Software professional to Youtuber with Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar is a software professional turned youtuber. He shares his career journey with Sivaguru

• Starting career as system engineer later moved to programing on mainframes 
• Moving to the USA and feeling the need of studies did his Masters in computer science . Learning AI way back in 1989 to 1991. How this helped later in his career
• How his career mirrors the Indian software industry which has changed shapes over years. 
• How things changed from convincing the US for jobs to how later their trust on Indians helped increase workflow.
• Moving from service to product company
• His views on handling ambiguous requirements in old and new software development cycles
• Influencing teams with his systematic approach/process
• Talks about his personal transition while transitioning professionally

Kishore Kumar is a youtuber with a unique youtube channel called @ahargana. This channel has the singular purpose of explaining the astronomical basis of the Hindu panchanga using custom-built planetary orbital simulations.

Kishore was not always a youtuber. In his previous avatar, Kishore was a software professional for over thirty five years playing a variety of roles from programmer to program manager, general manager and vice president in leading companies such as Tata Unisys, Cognizant and Siemens. He has earned a masters degree in computer science from SUNY at Buffalo, USA and a bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Trichy. A lifelong self-learner, Kishore has leveraged all his learnings from his education and professional experience in the making of @Ahargana and contrary to appearance, considers it an entirely logical continuation of his life journey.

Kishore may be reached at:

Email: [email protected]

Youtube: youtube.com/@ahargana

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kishoresridharakumar